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On December 21, 2012, the world was struck with a violent virus, a plague, starting somewhere in the Middle East, spreading rapidly through Europe, Africa, Asia, Russia, South America and finally to North America. The virus spread quickly through humans, changing them, turning them into monsters that fed from live flesh.
Days after the outbreak, seaports and airports were closed and blocked. Within a week, Marshal Law was declared worldwide. Within a month, the entire world succumbed to the virus, despite their efforts to preserve their fates.
Only a few handful of survivors manage to evade the waves of infected that plague the earth. From soldiers, to peace officers, to politicians, to escaped inmates, to just plain, normal people. Join the remaining survivors and fight to find a new home, safe and Infected-free, if such a place exists.
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Andy sat on her stool, looking through the microscope at the DNA stand that was pressed between the slides. Not that examining the DNA like this helped at all, but she had to admit, close up, the strands looked pretty. She looekd up and took out the slide, placing it in the large machine that would tell her the genetic code of this particular bull. A shrill ringing met her ears and she slid her hand into her lab coat to pull out her phone. The caller ID told her it was Zach. With a little frown, she pressed the talk button and raised the phone to her ear.
"Hello?"
"Hello?! Andy! Thank God you answered!" Her brother sounded scared and his voice was all breathy as if he'd been running.
"Zach? What's wrong?" She asked, worried.
"Andy! Can you come and get me?" His voice trembled somewhat ovver the phone.
"Why? Zach, what's going on!" She could hear his panting and small whimpers coming from the other end met her ears.
"You really don't know what's going on?!" He nearly shouted, "Seriously?"
"Uh, no Zach, I don't. I've been locked up in a lab for six months." Irritation ran through her.
"Oh, yeah, forgot, hehe. My bad." He still sounded scared but had the grace to be embarassed. "Andy. Everything's in chaos. People are eating each other. Please, you have to come and get me. It's not safe at home. Dad-" Zach sounded like he was choking.
"Dad...he's- he's dead, Andy. One of those things bit him." She could hear him crying. "Oh God, Andy, I'm so scared. Please come get me!" He cried. Andy made hushing noises.
"Calm down, Zach, I'm on my way. Where are you?" As she said this, she stripped off her lab coat and ran her ID through the door key to let her out.
"I'm in the old abandoned church by the school. Do you remember where it is?"
"I remember. I'll be there as soon as I can."
"Thank you Andy. Please hurry." He hung up and Andy put her phone in her pocket.
She made her way down the steel hallway and after going through several locked doors in which she had used her key, she was outside in the parking garage.
It took her five minutes to find her truck. Six months in a lab and she still remembered where she parked her truck. She pulled out and raced out of the facility as fast as she could to find her brother.
It took her twenty minutes to reach her old home town. The roads going out of town were so congested with honking cars, she had no hope of driving through there. Luckily, the streets going into town were practically deserted. How she was going to get out again, she would worry about later. It didn't take her long to find the old, partially burned down church near the high school. she screeched to a halt and threw the car into park, not bothering to shut it off, as she leapt out and ran to go find her brother. The doors to the church were locked, bolted shut. she banged on them a few times but no luck. she started calling out, "Zach! Zach it's me! Open up!" She ran around the small building till she found the back door. This wasn't locked. She opened it and darkness met her eyes.
"Zach? Where are you?!" She called out. No answer. Fear lanced through her and she ran inside, her eyes adjusting quickly to the dimness of the room. She was in some sort of storage area. A door off to her right led her down a hallway. At the end of the hallway were two doors, one to the left, the other to the right. She tried the left door and found it locked. She jiggled the doorknob on the right door and found it locked as well.
"Zach! Where are you, baby?!" she called for her brother. A muffled noise came from the left door. "Zach! It's me Andy!" Something moved behind the door and a loud thump hit the door, surprising her. She jumped back and hit the opposite wall. Then the smell hit her. She gagged and covered her mouth and nose. She worked around animals enough to know what rotting flesh smelled like. She turned and went down the hallway, quietly as possible while still moving fast. She found a door to her left and she tried it. The door was open. Inside was a small prayer room, huddled in the corner was a small form. She stood there in the doorway, smelling the air. She didn't smell rotting flesh so she called out softly, "Zach? Is that you?" The form moved and stood up. It rushed at her and before she could scream, it wrapped its arms around her, it's body shaking.
"Oh God, Andy! I was afraid you wouldn't come!" It was her little brother. She hugged him close and pressed her face in his shoulder.
"Of course I came." she hugged him and pulled him away, looking at him in the dim light. He looked grimy and disheveled, but otherwise okay.
"We need to leave, c'mon. she took him by the hand and together they left the church.
Outside was utter chaos. People were runnign around screaming. Fires were raging in multiple buildings. Other people were shambling around, moaning loudly, grabbing at the screaming people.
"Where's your truck?" Zach asked. Andy led him to her still running truck and opened the passenger side, runnig around the front to the driver's side. One of the moaning people saw her and came at her in a fast shamble/run. She screamed and kicked it in the chest, knocking it back.
"Get in! Andy!" Zach screamed. She jumped in her truck and gunned it, pulling out onto the road as fast as possible.
Getting in was easy, getting out was hard. Even the entrnce roads were beginning to fill up with people. She swerved in and out of traffic and it took them a while, twice as long as it took her to get in, but they managed to reach the research facility intact. She quickly found her parking spot and together, Andy and Zach ran inside, swiping past locked doors until they reached her leb. No one asked her why she had her bother, and for that she was grateful. Adjacent to her lab were some living quarters and she took her brother in there, setting him on the bed.
"Okay. Tell me what happened."
Days after the outbreak, seaports and airports were closed and blocked. Within a week, Marshal Law was declared worldwide. Within a month, the entire world succumbed to the virus, despite their efforts to preserve their fates.
Only a few handful of survivors manage to evade the waves of infected that plague the earth. From soldiers, to peace officers, to politicians, to escaped inmates, to just plain, normal people. Join the remaining survivors and fight to find a new home, safe and Infected-free, if such a place exists.
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Andy sat on her stool, looking through the microscope at the DNA stand that was pressed between the slides. Not that examining the DNA like this helped at all, but she had to admit, close up, the strands looked pretty. She looekd up and took out the slide, placing it in the large machine that would tell her the genetic code of this particular bull. A shrill ringing met her ears and she slid her hand into her lab coat to pull out her phone. The caller ID told her it was Zach. With a little frown, she pressed the talk button and raised the phone to her ear.
"Hello?"
"Hello?! Andy! Thank God you answered!" Her brother sounded scared and his voice was all breathy as if he'd been running.
"Zach? What's wrong?" She asked, worried.
"Andy! Can you come and get me?" His voice trembled somewhat ovver the phone.
"Why? Zach, what's going on!" She could hear his panting and small whimpers coming from the other end met her ears.
"You really don't know what's going on?!" He nearly shouted, "Seriously?"
"Uh, no Zach, I don't. I've been locked up in a lab for six months." Irritation ran through her.
"Oh, yeah, forgot, hehe. My bad." He still sounded scared but had the grace to be embarassed. "Andy. Everything's in chaos. People are eating each other. Please, you have to come and get me. It's not safe at home. Dad-" Zach sounded like he was choking.
"Dad...he's- he's dead, Andy. One of those things bit him." She could hear him crying. "Oh God, Andy, I'm so scared. Please come get me!" He cried. Andy made hushing noises.
"Calm down, Zach, I'm on my way. Where are you?" As she said this, she stripped off her lab coat and ran her ID through the door key to let her out.
"I'm in the old abandoned church by the school. Do you remember where it is?"
"I remember. I'll be there as soon as I can."
"Thank you Andy. Please hurry." He hung up and Andy put her phone in her pocket.
She made her way down the steel hallway and after going through several locked doors in which she had used her key, she was outside in the parking garage.
It took her five minutes to find her truck. Six months in a lab and she still remembered where she parked her truck. She pulled out and raced out of the facility as fast as she could to find her brother.
It took her twenty minutes to reach her old home town. The roads going out of town were so congested with honking cars, she had no hope of driving through there. Luckily, the streets going into town were practically deserted. How she was going to get out again, she would worry about later. It didn't take her long to find the old, partially burned down church near the high school. she screeched to a halt and threw the car into park, not bothering to shut it off, as she leapt out and ran to go find her brother. The doors to the church were locked, bolted shut. she banged on them a few times but no luck. she started calling out, "Zach! Zach it's me! Open up!" She ran around the small building till she found the back door. This wasn't locked. She opened it and darkness met her eyes.
"Zach? Where are you?!" She called out. No answer. Fear lanced through her and she ran inside, her eyes adjusting quickly to the dimness of the room. She was in some sort of storage area. A door off to her right led her down a hallway. At the end of the hallway were two doors, one to the left, the other to the right. She tried the left door and found it locked. She jiggled the doorknob on the right door and found it locked as well.
"Zach! Where are you, baby?!" she called for her brother. A muffled noise came from the left door. "Zach! It's me Andy!" Something moved behind the door and a loud thump hit the door, surprising her. She jumped back and hit the opposite wall. Then the smell hit her. She gagged and covered her mouth and nose. She worked around animals enough to know what rotting flesh smelled like. She turned and went down the hallway, quietly as possible while still moving fast. She found a door to her left and she tried it. The door was open. Inside was a small prayer room, huddled in the corner was a small form. She stood there in the doorway, smelling the air. She didn't smell rotting flesh so she called out softly, "Zach? Is that you?" The form moved and stood up. It rushed at her and before she could scream, it wrapped its arms around her, it's body shaking.
"Oh God, Andy! I was afraid you wouldn't come!" It was her little brother. She hugged him close and pressed her face in his shoulder.
"Of course I came." she hugged him and pulled him away, looking at him in the dim light. He looked grimy and disheveled, but otherwise okay.
"We need to leave, c'mon. she took him by the hand and together they left the church.
Outside was utter chaos. People were runnign around screaming. Fires were raging in multiple buildings. Other people were shambling around, moaning loudly, grabbing at the screaming people.
"Where's your truck?" Zach asked. Andy led him to her still running truck and opened the passenger side, runnig around the front to the driver's side. One of the moaning people saw her and came at her in a fast shamble/run. She screamed and kicked it in the chest, knocking it back.
"Get in! Andy!" Zach screamed. She jumped in her truck and gunned it, pulling out onto the road as fast as possible.
Getting in was easy, getting out was hard. Even the entrnce roads were beginning to fill up with people. She swerved in and out of traffic and it took them a while, twice as long as it took her to get in, but they managed to reach the research facility intact. She quickly found her parking spot and together, Andy and Zach ran inside, swiping past locked doors until they reached her leb. No one asked her why she had her bother, and for that she was grateful. Adjacent to her lab were some living quarters and she took her brother in there, setting him on the bed.
"Okay. Tell me what happened."
I already posted a tiny bit about what I'd like to be on the Character Sheet signup (just a little thingy)